When I first got my ps3 i went through the headache of installing linux on it so i could stream anime and other videos that the ps3 won't natively play. It became such a hassle that I looked for another alternative:
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Originally Posted by Markus
The biggest problems with linux on a PS3 and the reason why it's slow:
1. Only 226mb RAM.
2. The "powerful" video chip is locked down and can't be used in Linux.
Solution:
PS3 Media Server, a free streaming program that will allow the PS3 to access movies and music from your computer. As long as you don't use funky mkv files, it's very smooth.
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This. Except I had to have TVersity running all the time and sometimes it didn't update the library properly so i scrapped that.
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
You don't even need any software to stream if you are using Windows. WMP11 and WMP12 both work (12 is better as it natively supports MP4, but 11 can do the same with a registry hack)
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Then this once I started using Windows 7. I get the odd file that doesn't play for whatever reason but this happens so infrequently that I can just put it on a USB stick and walk the 10 feet to plug it in and play it (still have no idea why it plays the format off a usb but not through windows media).
Essentially to reiterate what everyone else has said, don't bother with linux on the ps3.